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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
Hee that respects not, is not respected.
Hee that respects not, is not respected.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.
I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?